Should France pay for the reparation of Haiti?

The sum would be later reduced to 90 million gold francs, but that was little consolation: Haiti, in effect, was forced to pay reparations for its freedom. This history is not as distant as it may seem. read more

There were talks (in France) of paying Haiti back in 2010, but it was quickly shut down due to a host of reasons. Some flat out did not think Haiti deserved a reparation and that its current state of poverty was largely due to its own fault. Some did not want to pay for the sins of their forefathers, but Haiti's debt to France was paid off in 1947. read more

Haitians who suspected that an announcement that France would pay Haiti $22 billion, to make up for forcing the former French colony to pay an equivalent sum in exchange for its independence in the nineteenth century, was too good to be true were proved right on Thursday, as an elaborate hoax was revealed. read more